Maharaja Damaji Rao Gaekwad, also known as Damaji II, was the second son and successor of Maharaja Pilaji Rao Gaekwad. Damajirao came to power in 1732, after the assassination of his father Pilajirao at Dakor, by the allies of Abhay Singh (Mughal officer of Ahmadabad). Revenge : The first thing Damajirao did after coming to power was to launch a…
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Shrimant Maharaja Sir Khanderao II Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, GCSI (1828–1870) was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 12th December 1856 to 20th November 1870. He was the second son of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad II and succeeded to the throne, when his eldest brother and the king Maharaja Ganpatrao Gaekwad passed away in the year 1856. This king…
Ranjitsinhrao Gaekwad was the titular Maharaja of Baroda from 1988 to 2012. He succeeded his elder brother Fatehsinhrao II to the throne when the latter passed away without producing an heir. Ranjitsinhrao finished the education at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and had a post-graduate degree in fine arts. In 1959-60 he worked at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts, London…
The sprawling cities that we see growing around us nowadays, are actually the results of a long process of evolution, evolution of culture, people, landscape and dynasties. The Baroda that we see today, the cultural capital of Gujarat, is just one example of these processes. Every place passes through the hands of many kings and dynasties, but every so often…
Pilaji Rao Gaekwad (d. May 14, 1732) was a Maratha general who can be credited as the founder of the Gaekwad Dynasty of Baroda. He succeded Damajirao Gaekwad I, his uncle who was second in command to the Senapati for the Peshwa. The Peshwa the effective ruler of the Maratha empire, appointed him to collect revenues from the territories in…